Lekeberg Municipality () is a municipality in Örebro County in central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Fjugesta, with around 2,000 inhabitants.
Lekeberg was first formed as a municipality in connection with the local government reform of 1952 by the amalgamation of five smaller units. In 1967 two more parishes were added. The next reform of 1971 placed the area within Örebro Municipality. It was re-established in 1995 within its 1967 borders.
Geography Mostly woods and farm lands, with Garphyttan National Park, established in 1909, located within the municipality.
The largest industry sector is farming. Many farmers have further specialized on hog and chicken farming.
Other industries are small companies within wood and carpentry industries, as well as craftswork and other small enterprises.
Localities Over 200 inhabitants: Fjugesta (seat) Gropen Hidinge Lanna Mullhyttan
Demographics This is a demographic table based on Lekeberg Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.
In total there were 8,596 residents, including 6,359 Swedish citizens of voting age resident in the municipality. 41.8% voted for the left coalition and 56.6% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.
Location % % Hidinge 2,209 1,532 42.1 57.2 91 92 8 31,819 53Knista N & Ö 1,636 1,217 46.2 52.2 78 85 15 21,690 28Knista V 1,394 1,047 44.6 54.2 80 89 11 24,515 26Kräcklinge 1,530 1,167 36.7 61.2 87 95 5 26,944 31Kvistbro V 1,032 817 39.6 58.0 84 92 8 24,082 31Kvistbro Ö 795 579 40.8 56.1 89 94 6 26,674 30Source: SVT
Elections
Riksdag From the 1994 election onwards the municipality was in existence due to the split with Örebro Municipality. The exact results of Sweden Democrats were not listed at a municipal level by SCB from 1994 to 1998 due to the party's small size at the time. "Turnout" denotes the percentage of eligible people casting any ballots, whereas "Votes" denotes the number of valid votes only.
Year Turnout Votes V S MP C L KD M SD ND 1994 87.2 4,517 5.0 39.3 5.3 18.1 5.3 8.3 16.8 0.0 1.4 1998 80.3 4,264 10.7 32.7 4.4 14.0 3.7 15.9 16.7 0.0 0.0 2002 81.8 4,347 6.5 36.5 3.7 18.0 8.9 11.8 11.2 2.4 0.0 2006 83.6 4,519 4.1 34.8 3.6 17.2 4.9 10.0 18.9 4.7 0.0 2010 86.4 4,761 4.5 30.7 5.3 12.9 4.4 8.9 24.8 7.5 0.0 2014 88.4 4,939 4.3 30.0 4.3 13.4 3.1 6.8 16.9 18.2 0.0
Blocs
This lists the relative strength of the socialist and centre-right blocs since 1973, but parties not elected to the Riksdag are inserted as "other", including the Sweden Democrats results from 1994 to 2006. The sources are identical to the table above. The coalition or government mandate marked in bold formed the government after the election.
Year Turnout Votes Left Right SD Other Elected 1994 87.2 4,517 49.6 48.5 0.0 1.9 98.1 1998 80.3 4,264 47.8 50.3 0.0 1.9 98.1 2002 81.8 4,347 46.7 49.9 0.0 3.5 96.5 2006 83.6 4,519 42.5 51.0 0.0 6.5 93.5 2010 86.4 4,761 40.5 51.0 7.5 1.0 99.0 2014 88.4 4,939 38.6 40.2 18.2 3.0 97.0
Sights The monastery ruin of Riseberga was the home of nuns of the Cistercian order in the medieval age. It burnt down in 1546, and remaining stones were used in the building of a local church some hundreds years later.
The amphitheatre of Riseberga is Sweden's largest of that kind, with 1,216 seats.
Twin towns Lekeberg's twin town with the year of its establishing:
(1996) Dundaga, Latvia
References
External links
Lekeberg Municipality - Official site